Smoking pipe



June'23, 1925.

N. PAULSEN ET AL SMOKING PIPE Filed July 2, 1924 m Wm M .6 8i z; W 1 u 1 J J {a Patented June 23, 1925.

warren STATES NELS PAULSEN AND MERTON A. COLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SMOKING rrrn.

Application filed July 2, 1924. Serial No. 723,749.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NnLs 'PAULSEN and Mnn'roN A. CoLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Smoking Pipe, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved smoking pipe and it belongs to that class of inventions wherein devices are used in association with the pipe for collecting and preventing the passage of nicotine laden fluid through the stem of the pipe.

it our object to generally improve upon devices of this class by providing a-r'ecep tacle for collecting the tobacco juices where in means is provided for cleaning the walls of the receptacle and for removing the'juice deposit therefrom. c

t is the feature of the invention to construct the aforesaid means in the form of a double headed plunger wherein the inner head constitutes the cleaning means and the means in the other head forms the closure for the receptacle.

It is also a feature of the invention to have a pivoted lever for actuating the plunger and having this lever disposed in an out of the way position but permitting it to be readily grasped for actuating the plunger.

Other features and advantages of this invention will become apparent from the following description and drawing.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

. Figure l is central longitudinal section through a pipe constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view like Figure 1, but showing slightly different embodiment of the invention.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the letter B designates the usual tobacco receiving bowl, the letter S indicates the common stem which is attached thereto. In the present instance the bottom of the bowl is recessed to accommodate an open ended cylinder or sleeve 1 which is fitted into the Tie bottom of the bowl B is prowith a smoke discharge port which Jil ml respectively. The head 2 is at the outer end and is shaped in the manner shown to follow the external contour of the bottom of the bowl so that the'new device will not detract from the usual symmetrical appearance of the latter. The head 3 is of discular formation and is provided with a central opening which is in alignment with the smoke passage of the stem S. A rod 4 extends in wardly from the tilungenhead 3 and is seated in a suitably formed groove in the bottom of the stem. A lever 5 is pivoted to the inner end of the rod and is adapted to serve as a handle for forcing the plunger out wardly to the dotted line position indicated in. Figure 1. At its free end, the lever 'is provided with opposed ears which straddle the plunger rod. The extremity of the lever may be shaped as indicated at 7 to permit the finger nail or tip of the finger to be engaged therewith for swinging the lever to operative position. It will be observed that the plunger heads 2 and 3 are of a diameter equal to the internal diameter of the sleeve 1. The head 3 is thus given the function of a cleaner since as the plunger is slid outwardly, it scrapes the walls of the cylinder.

From the foregoing description it will be obvious that we have provided a receptacle at the bottom of the tobacco receiving bowl for collecting tobacco laden juices. Unless the cylinder is more than half full, the juices will be effectively retained therein and will be prevented from passing through the smoke passage of the stem. After each smoke or whenever desired, the user may swingthe lever 5 to the dotted line position, at which time it serves as a handle for forcing the plunger outwardly to the dotted line position indicated in Figure 1, thus discharging the juices and cleaning the walls of the cylinder.

Directing attention now to Figure it will be seen that a slightly diiferent embodiment of the invention is shown. Here, the cylinder l is substantially the same as that shown and described and it is titted into the recess formed in the bottom of the bowl.

drawing the plunger in this instance C0l11-' prises an arcuate lever 9 which is pivoted to the bowl as at 10, 18 secured at lts lower end to the plunger head 2 and l1ElS'1tS.GX'

tremity fashioned toprovide a spring catch 11 for reception in a recess formed in the external surface of the bottom of the bowli- It is obvious that by disengaging theca'tclr and'sw-inging the lever outwardly, the'plunger will be withdrawn for remov-ing'the' uice content from the cylinder. It is evident from the foregoing description and drawing that we have evolved and produced a novel invention for separating the undesirable tobaccojuices trom'tlie smoke and collecting these juices in a receptacle from whiclrtliey may be discharged at any desired moment. Thus, the tobacco juices will not run'through the stem and get into the mouth of the smoker as is usual.

Nhile we have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, we wish it to be understood that minor changes Having thus described the invention, what we claimis 1. A smoking pipe comprising a body ineluding a tobacco receiving bowl and a bored stem extending laterally therefrom, said st'ernand bowlbeing recessed, an open ended cylinder fitted into said recess, a plunger slidably mounted in said cylinder and provided-at its opposite ends with heads closing the opposite ends of the cylinder, one

of said heads beingprov-ided' with aicentrar aperture'in' alignment with the'bore of said stem, and a pivotally mounted lever having connection with the plunger for sliding it in or' out: of said cylinder.

2. A smoking pipecomprising a body including atobacco receiving bowl and laterally directed bored stem, said body being providedwith a recess forming a socket, an open ended cylinder fitted into said socket, a plunger mounted slidably' in said cylinder and: including apair of spaced heads, the

inner head being of discular formation and provided with a' central aperture in alignment with the bore of said stem, a rod connect'ed-to said plunger, and a lever pivotally connected at one end to the inner end of saidrod; said lever being swingable into a recem-formed in the bot-tom of said stem.

In testimony whereof we attix' our signatures;-

NELS PAULSEN.

MERTON A. COLER. 

